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Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ay Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGuus Hiddink
CaptainEmre Belözoğlu
Most capsRüştü Reçber (119)
Top scorerHakan Şükür (51)
Home stadiumTürk Telekom Arena
Şükrü Saracoğlu
Kadir Has
FIFA codeTUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current23
Highest5 (June 2004)
Lowest67 (October 1993)
First international
Turkey Turkey 2–2 Romania 
(Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923)[1]
Biggest win
Turkey Turkey 7–0 Syria 
(Ankara, Turkey; November 20, 1949)
Turkey Turkey 7–0 South Korea 
(Geneva, Switzerland; 20 June 1954)
Turkey Turkey 7–0 San Marino 
(Istanbul, Turkey; 10 November 1996)
Biggest defeat
 Poland 8–0 Turkey Turkey
(Chorzów, Poland; April 24, 1968)
Turkey Turkey 0–8 England 
(Istanbul, Turkey; 14 November 1984)
 England 8–0 Turkey Turkey
(London, England; 14 October 1987)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1954)
Best resultThird place, 2002
European Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1996)
Best resultSemi-finals, 2008
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2003)
Best resultThird place, 2003

The Turkey national football team (Template:Lang-tr) represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. Their current head coach is Guus Hiddink. They are affiliated with UEFA. The team is, according to the FIFA World Rankings, ranked 30th[2] in the world. Turkey has qualified three times for the World Cup finals, in 1950, 1954, and 2002, although they withdrew from the 1950 event. Turkey has also qualified three times for the UEFA European Championship, in 1996, 2000 and 2008. They have reached the semi-finals of three major tournaments: the 2002 World Cup, the 2003 Confederations Cup, and Euro 2008.

History

Turkey national football team in 1923

The Turkish national team played their first ever match against Romania in 1923 drawing 2–2.[3] Although Turkey qualified for the 1950 World Cup, beating Syria 7–0, they had to withdraw due to financial problems. Turkey then qualified for the 1954 World Cup after a play-off with Spain. The Turkish team first lost 4–1 to Spain, but a 1–0 win a few days later initiated a replay. On that occasion, they tied 2–2 after, booking their place after a coin toss. Turkey was put in a group along with Hungary and West Germany. The Turks, however, never played Hungary due to the tournament format, and a 4–1 defeat by the Germans was followed by Turkey carrying out a 7–0 win over South Korea. Turkey lost the play-off to West Germany 7–2. In 1956 Turkey did however play Hungary, in a friendly in Istanbul, beating what was one of the strongest teams of the era 3–1.[4]

Despite the introduction of a national league, and showings by Turkish clubs in European competition, the 1960s would be a barren time for the national team. The 1970s saw Turkey holding back in the World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, but the team was a point too short to qualify for Euro 1972 and Euro 1976. The Turkish team also suffered their worst defeats with 8–0 scorelines against Poland and twice against England. Yet the 1990 World Cup qualifiers would mark a turning point for Turkish football, with Turkey only missing out on qualification in the final game.

Turkey qualified for Euro 1996, beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2–1 along the way. At Euro 1996, they lost all their matches without scoring a single goal. They did, however, go home with an award: the fair-play award, given to Alpay Özalan. Turkey qualified for Euro 2000 after winning a play-off against Ireland. Turkey lost their first match 2–1 to Italy, they drew their second match against Sweden 0–0, and beat host nation Belgium 2–0, making it the first time in the history of the European Championship that a host nation had been eliminated in the first round, brought Turkey into the last eight of the tournament where they were beaten 2–0 by Portugal.

For the 2002 FIFA World Cup Turkey finished second in their qualifying group, despite starting well and being the favourites to top the group. They lost 2–1 to Sweden in the crucial match that would decide the top spot. The Turks were forced to play the play-offs against Austria. They defeated the Austrians 6–0 on aggregate and booked their place at the finals. The Turkish team started the 2002 World Cup with a 2–1 defeat against eventual winners Brazil.[5] Turkey qualified from the group stage with a 3–0 win against China, after drawing 1–1 with Costa Rica.[6][7]

Turkey then faced home team Japan in the second round, beating them 1–0.[8] The Turkish team continued their run, as they beat Senegal 1–0 on a golden goal to book their place in the semi-finals where a 1–0 defeat against eventual tournament winners Brazil forced them to play the third place match, and a bronze medal was won after a 3–2 victory over a surprise South Korean team.[9][10][11] Hakan Şükür scored Turkey's first goal in 10.8 seconds, even when the South Koreans kicked off first. It was the fastest goal in World Cup history.[12] Tens of thousands of flag-waving Turkish fans greeted the World Cup squad on their return to Istanbul, were they joined a massive street party at Taksim Square.[13]

In the summer of 2003, Turkey reached third place at the 2003 Confederations Cup. In the group stages, they drew 2–2 against Brazil, eliminating them from the tournament. Turkey lost to eventual tournament winners France 3–2 in the semi-final match. Turkey then defeated Colombia 2–1 to win the bronze medal. The Turkish team failed to qualify for Euro 2004 on play-offs due to a loss to Latvia after finishing second in their group.

The Turkish team once again narrowly missed out on the finals after failing to win a play-off, this time on away goals against Switzerland, again after finishing second in their group. There were scenes of violence after the game on and off the pitch where the Turkish team brawled with Swiss players down the tunnel.

Turkey qualified for their first international tournament in six years by finishing second behind Greece in Group C. They were placed alongside Switzerland, Portugal, and the Czech Republic in Group A. In their first match, they played Portugal and were beaten 2–0, but wins over Switzerland (2–1) and Czech Republic (3–2) – both secured by late goals – brought qualification for the knockout stages.[14][15][16] Again, Turkey knocked out a host nation – Switzerland – in the group stages for the second time.[17]

Turkey national football team on an Azerbaijani stamp for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

The quarter-final against Croatia was goalless after 90 minutes, and Croatia led 1–0 in the final minute of extra time, but another late Turkish goal by forward Semih Şentürk brought the game to penalties. The goal raised some controversy with Croatia fans and Croatia's coach, Slaven Bilić, who claimed that the goal had been scored after extra time had elapsed. This complaint, however, was overruled, and the game went into penalties. Turkey beat out Croatia in penalties 3–1.[18]

They went into the semi-final against Germany with just 14 outfield players available as a result of injuries and suspensions, but scored first and were drawing 2–2 in the last minute of the match, until Germany scored a third goal in the last few seconds and Turkey was thus eliminated.[19] Both Russia and Turkey were given bronze medals in the dressing rooms after the semi-finals.

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Turkey had a mixed qualifying campaign, finishing with 15 points and missing out on a play-off place to Bosnia and Herzegovina with 19 points. Spain won Group 5 to qualify, winning every game in the process. Coach Fatih Terim announced he would be resigning his post following their failure to qualify.[20]

Turkey were drawn in Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012, together with Kazakhstan, Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Azerbaijan.

Kit

Kit History

Recent results

Main article: Turkey national football team results

Friendly matches 2010

22 May 2010 Turkey  2 – 1  Czech Republic Red Bull Arena, Harrison
Arda 31'
Nihat 48'		 (Report) Černý 81'
26 May 2010 Turkey  2 – 0  Northern Ireland Veterans Stadium, New Britain
Yıldırım 48'
Şentürk 72'		 (Report)
29 May 2010 United States  2 – 1  Turkey Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
Altidore 58'
Dempsey 75'		 (Report) Turan 27'
11 August 2010 Turkey  2 – 0  Romania Istanbul, Turkey
Emre 82' (pen)
Arda 86'		 Report Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Referee: Milorad Maziç (Serbia)
17 November 2010 Netherlands  1 – 0  Turkey Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 UTC +1 Huntelaar 52' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Upcoming and recent fixtures

Friendly matches

9 February 2011 Turkey  0 - 0  South Korea Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Turkey

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification – Group A

Template:UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A

Kazakhstan 0 – 3 Turkey
Report Arda 24'
Hamit 26'
Nihat 76'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Turkey 3 – 2 Belgium
Hamit 48'
Semih 66'
Arda 78'		 Report Van Buyten 28', 68'
Attendance: 41,000
Germany 3 – 0 Turkey
Klose 42', 87'
Özil 79'		 Report
Attendance: 74,244
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Azerbaijan 1 – 0 Turkey
R. F. Sadygov 38' Report
Attendance: 29,500 [21]
Turkey 2 – 0 Austria
Turan 28'
Gökhan G. 78'
Attendance: 40,000
Belgium 1 – 1 Turkey
Ogunjimi 4' Yilmaz 22'
Attendance: 47,000

Coaching staff

Manager Netherlands Guus Hiddink
Assistant manager Turkey Oğuz Çetin
Assistant manager Turkey Fuat Usta
Goalkeeper Coach Turkey Engin İpekoğlu
Physiotherapist Netherlands Arno Philips

Squad

Current squad

The following 27-players were picked for the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Belgium on June 3, 2011 in Brussels.

Caps and goals are correct as of May 26, 2011.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Volkan Demirel (1981-10-27) 27 October 1981 (age 43) 48 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
12 1GK Sinan Bolat (1988-09-03) 3 September 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Belgium Standard Liège
29 1GK Tolga Zengin (1983-10-10) 10 October 1983 (age 41) 2 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
2 2DF Servet Çetin (1981-03-17) 17 March 1981 (age 43) 49 3 Turkey Galatasaray
3 2DF Çağlar Birinci (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 38) 0 0 Turkey Galatasaray
4 2DF Serdar Kesimal (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 35) 2 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
5 2DF Gökhan Zan (1981-09-07) 7 September 1981 (age 43) 33 0 Turkey Galatasaray
7 2DF Gökhan Gönül (1985-01-04) 4 January 1985 (age 39) 24 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
13 2DF İsmail Köybaşı (1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 35) 7 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
16 2DF Mehmet Topuz (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 41) 20 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
16 2DF Egemen Korkmaz (1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 (age 42) 0 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
24 2DF Emre Güngör (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 40) 4 1 Turkey Gaziantepspor
55 2DF Sabri Sarıoğlu (1984-07-26) 26 July 1984 (age 40) 38 1 Turkey Galatasaray
5 3MF Engin Baytar (1983-07-11) 11 July 1983 (age 41) 1 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
5 3MF Emre Belözoğlu (Captain) (1980-09-07) 7 September 1980 (age 44) 74 7 Turkey Fenerbahçe
6 3MF Hamit Altıntop (1982-12-08) 8 December 1982 (age 41) 56 6 Spain Real Madrid
8 3MF Selçuk İnan (1985-02-10) 10 February 1985 (age 39) 7 0 Turkey Galatasaray
10 3MF Mehmet Ekici (1990-03-25) 25 March 1990 (age 34) 3 0 Germany Werder Bremen
14 3MF Arda Turan (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37) 44 11 Turkey Galatasaray
15 3MF Mehmet Topal (1986-03-03) 3 March 1986 (age 38) 18 0 Spain Valencia
18 3MF Colin Kazim-Richards (1986-08-26) 26 August 1986 (age 38) 26 0 Turkey Galatasaray
21 3MF Selçuk Şahin (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981 (age 43) 18 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
25 3MF Gökhan Töre (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32) 0 0 England Chelsea Reserves
9 4FW Semih Şentürk (1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 (age 41) 22 8 Turkey Fenerbahçe
10 4FW Umut Bulut (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 41) 2 0 France Toulouse FC
17 4FW Burak Yılmaz (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 39) 7 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
21 4FW Cenk Tosun (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Turkey Gaziantepspor

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the Turkey squad within the last twelve months.[22]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Fehmi Mert Günok (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 35) 0 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v  Austria, 29 March 2011
GK Onur Kıvrak (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 36) 3 0 Turkey Trabzonspor v  South Korea, 9 February 2011 (withdrew due to injury)
GK Ufuk Ceylan (1986-06-23) 23 June 1986 (age 38) 0 0 Turkey Galatasaray v  Netherlands, 17 November 2010
GK Hakan Arıkan (1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 42) 4 0 Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
GK Cenk Gönen (1988-02-21) 21 February 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
DF Hakan Balta (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983 (age 41) 28 1 Turkey Galatasaray v  Austria, 29 March 2011
DF Serkan Balcı (1983-08-22) 22 August 1983 (age 41) 22 0 Turkey Trabzonspor v  South Korea, 9 February 2011
DF Gökhan Süzen (1987-06-12) 12 June 1987 (age 37) 0 0 Turkey İstanbul BB v  South Korea, 9 February 2011
DF Eren Aydın (1982-01-16) 16 January 1982 (age 42) 0 0 Turkey Manisaspor v  Netherlands, 17 November 2010
DF Ersan Gülüm (1987-05-17) 17 May 1987 (age 37) 0 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v  Netherlands, 17 November 2010
DF İbrahim Öztürk (1981-06-28) 28 June 1981 (age 43) 0 0 Turkey Bursaspor v  Netherlands, 17 November 2010
DF İbrahim Toraman (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981 (age 42) 30 1 Turkey Beşiktaş v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
DF Ceyhun Gülselam (1987-12-25) 25 December 1987 (age 36) 6 0 Turkey Trabzonspor v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
DF Ömer Erdoğan (1977-05-03) 3 May 1977 (age 47) 3 0 Turkey Bursaspor v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
MF Nuri Şahin (1988-09-05) 5 September 1988 (age 36) 26 1 Spain Real Madrid v  Austria, 29 March 2011
MF Volkan Şen (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 37) 2 0 Turkey Bursaspor v  Austria, 29 March 2011
MF Yiğit İncedemir (1985-03-09) 9 March 1985 (age 39) 2 0 Turkey Manisaspor v  South Korea, 9 February 2011
MF İbrahim Akın (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984 (age 40) 3 0 Turkey İstanbul BB v  Netherlands, 17 November 2010
MF Orhan Gülle (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Turkey Gaziantepspor v  Netherlands, 17 November 2010
MF Mehmet Aurélio (1977-12-15) 15 December 1977 (age 46) 36 2 Turkey Beşiktaş v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
MF Özer Hurmacı (1986-08-26) 26 August 1986 (age 38) 2 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
MF Necip Uysal (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 33) 1 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
FW Mevlüt Erdinç (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 37) 12 1 France Paris Saint-Germain v  Austria, 29 March 2011
FW Batuhan Karadeniz (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33) 2 0 Turkey Eskişehirspor v  Netherlands, 16 November 2010*
FW Nadir Çiftçi (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Turkey Kayserispor v  Netherlands, 16 November 2010
FW Tuncay Şanlı (1982-01-16) 16 January 1982 (age 42) 79 22 Germany VfL Wolfsburg v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010
FW Sercan Yıldırım (1990-04-05) 5 April 1990 (age 34) 10 2 Turkey Bursaspor v  Azerbaijan, 12 October 2010

Previous squads

Competitive record

Honours

Third place (1): 2002

Third place (1): 2003

Semi-finals (1): 2008

Player history

Main article: List of Turkey international footballers

Players in bold are still active.

Most capped players

Nuri Şahin is the youngest player ever to have played and scored for the Turkish national team.
# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Rüştü Reçber 1994–2009 119 0
2 Hakan Şükür 1992–2008 112 51
3 Bülent Korkmaz 1990–2005 102 2
4 Tugay Kerimoğlu 1990–2007 94 2
5 Alpay Özalan 1995–2005 90 4
6 Tuncay Şanlı 2003– 79 22
7 Ogün Temizkanoglu 1990–2002 76 5
8 Emre Belözoğlu 2000– 75 7
9 Abdullah Ercan 1992–2003 71 0
10 Oğuz Çetin 1988–1998 70 3

[23]

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.

# Name Career Goals Caps Rate
1 Hakan Şükür 1992–2008
51
112
0.46
2 Tuncay Şanlı 2003–
22
79
0.28
3 Lefter Küçükandonyadis 1948–1961
21
46
0.36
4 Metin Oktay 1956–1965
19
36
0.53
= Cemil Turan 1969–1979
19
44
0.43
= Nihat Kahveci 2000–
19
68
0.28
7 Zeki Rıza Sporel 1923–1932
15
16
0.94
8 Arda Turan 2006–
11
43
0.26
9 Ertuğrul Sağlam 1993–1997
11
26
0.42
= Arif Erdem 1994–2003
11
60
0.18

[24]

Past managers

Main article: List of Turkey national football team managers
As of 22 January 2011
Manager Turkey career Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Win %
Turkey Mustafa Denizli 1996–2000 31 11 9 11 45 38 35.5
Turkey Şenol Güneş 2000–2004 50 23 13 14 72 50 46.0
Turkey Ünal Karaman 2004 1 0 1 0 2 2 00.0
Turkey Ersun Yanal 2004–2005 15 8 4 3 29 14 53.3
Turkey Fatih Terim 2005–2009 58 26 18 14 86 71 44.8
Turkey Oğuz Çetin 2010 4 3 0 1 7 3 75.0
Netherlands Guus Hiddink 2010– 6 3 0 3 8 7 50.0

Overall Record

  • Total matches played: 480
  • Wins: 172
  • Draws: 113
  • Losses: 195
  • GF: 621
  • GA: 718

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  24. ^ http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=172

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